TERRA 209A: Wings Over the Wild – Lighthawk in Mesoamerica

Produced by Kelly Matheson

Synopsis

Sometimes a bird’s-eye view makes all the difference. Combining a love of flight with a passion for wild places, a growing number of pilots fly volunteer missions over vibrant and threatened lands. Part one of this film introduces you to pilots who devote their time off to fly above the Mesoamerican isthmus with LightHawk, a conservation aviation organization. You’re in the co-pilot’s seat on a fascinating journey to Costa Rica, where you visit the famed sea turtle refuge Tortuguero National Park.

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About the Producer

Kelly Matheson is an attorney, filmmaker and human rights advocate who oversees WITNESS’ work in North America. WITNESS is an international human rights organization that uses the power of video and storytelling to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses. At WITNESS Kelly worked to launch the first Video Advocacy Institute. She then turned her attention to the human rights issues in the United States co-producing and co-directing films about abuse and neglect of older Americans, the commercial sexual exploitation of children and climate justice. As an attorney, she worked as a Law Fellow in Tanzania researching citizens’ rights to bring suit against their governments when governments broke their own laws. She also practiced throughout the western United States working on issues where environment and human health converge. She began creating films in 2003 as part of Montana State University’s MFA Documentary Filmmaking program. Her initial film projects focus on indigenous and environmental rights in Central America, the United States. She also spent a year as a Fulbright Researcher in Congo-Brazzaville where she collaborated with a video-centered outreach project to determine the effectiveness of video to change health and conservation practices.